From 52b91654cac4c9448c771748d58bd3fb7e6e90c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Orth <ju.orth@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:14:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] backend: take connector name from connector

---
 src/backend.rs                |  3 +++
 src/control_center/cc_gpus.rs |  4 ++--
 src/tasks/connector.rs        | 10 +++++++---
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend.rs b/src/backend.rs
index 8e0a2bc0..44cf6fe6 100644
--- a/src/backend.rs
+++ b/src/backend.rs
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ pub trait Connector: Any {
     fn gamma_lut_size(&self) -> Option<u32> {
         None
     }
+    fn name(&self) -> String {
+        self.kernel_id().to_string()
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/src/control_center/cc_gpus.rs b/src/control_center/cc_gpus.rs
index 8d68a4ff..38beffe6 100644
--- a/src/control_center/cc_gpus.rs
+++ b/src/control_center/cc_gpus.rs
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@ impl GpusPane {
                         .connectors
                         .lock()
                         .values()
-                        .map(|v| v.connector.kernel_id().to_string())
+                        .map(|v| v.name.clone())
                         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
                     cs.sort();
                     for c in cs {
-                        ui.label(c);
+                        ui.label(&**c);
                     }
                 });
         });
diff --git a/src/tasks/connector.rs b/src/tasks/connector.rs
index a46a7ed1..2b6af537 100644
--- a/src/tasks/connector.rs
+++ b/src/tasks/connector.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub fn handle(state: &Rc<State>, connector: &Rc<dyn Connector>) {
     }
     let backend_state = connector.state();
     let id = connector.id();
-    let name = Rc::new(connector.kernel_id().to_string());
+    let name = Rc::new(connector.name());
     let head_state = HeadState {
         name: RcEq(name.clone()),
         position: (0, 0),
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@ impl ConnectorHandler {
     }
 
     async fn handle_connected(&self, info: MonitorInfo) {
-        log::info!("Connector {} connected", self.data.connector.kernel_id());
+        log::info!(
+            "Connector {} connected ({})",
+            self.data.name,
+            self.data.connector.kernel_id(),
+        );
         self.data.connected.set(true);
         self.data.set_state(&self.state, info.state.clone());
         *self.data.description.borrow_mut() = create_description(&info);
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ impl ConnectorHandler {
         for head in self.data.wlr_output_heads.lock().drain_values() {
             head.handle_disconnected();
         }
-        log::info!("Connector {} disconnected", self.data.connector.kernel_id());
+        log::info!("Connector {} disconnected", self.data.name);
     }
 
     async fn handle_desktop_connected(&self, info: MonitorInfo, name: GlobalName) {